Health Net Reports LossLos Angeles Business JournalHealth Net Inc. on Wednesday said it slipped to a loss in its fourth quarter due to a charge related to selling a unit. But the results still were better than analysts expected. The Woodland Hills managed care provider reported a net …More Impairment Charges in Health Net's 4QToronto [...]
Scientists have been able to reach into the mind of a brain-damaged man and communicate with his thoughts.
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National Post
Gov't to pay more than half of US health costsWashington PostAP WASHINGTON — For all the hue and cry over a government takeover of health care, it's happening anyway. Federal and state programs will pay slightly more than half the tab for health care purchased in the United States by …Soaring cost of healthcare [...]
BBC News
Andrew Wakefield Says He Didn't Confirm Link Between Autism and VaccineDigital News ReportDigital News Report – Dr. Andrew Wakefield says Wednesday that his 1998 paper in the journal Lancet didn't find a link between autism and the MMR vaccine. Although subsequent research could not duplicate the results, some doctors and scientists thought …Lancet Retracts [...]
A small number of extremely overweight people may be missing the same chunk of genetic material, claim UK researchers.
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A coroner is to give his verdict into the deaths of two patients treated by a German out-of-hours GP on his first NHS shift.
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2 US centers open to treat badly injured Haitian evacueesWashington PostTAMPA — After a five-day suspension of medical evacuation flights from Haiti that threw the fates of hundreds of gravely injured earthquake victims into doubt, new Federal Coordinating Centers are now open for business at airports in …Victims From Haiti Arrive in AtlantaNew [...]
The Hindu
Experts say 40 percent of cancers could be preventedReutersLONDON (Reuters) – Forty percent of the 12 million people diagnosed with cancer worldwide each year could avert the killer disease by protecting themselves against infections and changing their lifestyles, experts said Tuesday. …Health Highlights: Feb. 3, 2010BusinessWeekGhana to participate in World Cancer Day celebration on [...]
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
For area children, hunger statistics called 'alarming'Houston ChronicleJan Holly, a volunteer and client, arranges canned goods at Bethel's Heavenly Hands Ministry, one of more than a dozen food pantries in the region that responded to a survey on need. More than 400000 children in the Houston region were …Food bank sees rise [...]
Enterprise Irregulars (blog)
IBM enlarges health IT stake with Initiate buyGovernment Health ITIBM significantly advanced its already large presence in the health IT services industry with the acquisition of Initiate Systems, a major provider of software that helps improve information sharing between organizations. …IBM to Buy Software Maker Initiate SystemsABC NewsIBM buys firm that serves health-care [...]
